• You have a passion for teaching all students, especially those who have been marginalized.
• You value professionalism, positive youth development and culturally responsive teaching.
• You welcome the opportunity to teach small groups of students.
• You’re excited about personalizing your approach to educating students in ways that focus both on academic and behavioral success.
• You love to learn! You strive to understand emerging trends in education, seek to thoughtfully employ best practices, support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). 
• You recognize that addressing societal oppression and inequities requires ongoing education and a commitment to allyship. 

• Provide effective, high quality, direct educational instruction to youth assigned to DYS.
• Support the development and implementation of multiple pathways for learning which may include HiSET preparation, career/vocational exploration and post-secondary coursework.
• Integrate individual student background information when designing instruction being considerate of future goals & objectives as stated in IEPs and based on learning style and/or needed accommodations.

• You have a passion for teaching all students, especially those who have been marginalized.
• You value professionalism and culturally responsive teaching.
• You love to learn! You strive to understand emerging trends in education, seek to thoughtfully employ best practices, support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). 
• You recognize that addressing societal oppression and inequities requires ongoing education and a commitment to allyship. 

• Develop and implement curriculum lessons and mini-units, assessing and modifying as designated in student IEPs.
• Provide content area instruction, integrating students’ IEP goals and objectives, learning style information, accommodations and modifications as appropriate.
• Implement effective instructional strategies and research based on curriculum, in accordance with the Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching and with host facilities’ policies and procedures.

Who Are We: Dedicated and collaborative teams of educators committed to supporting excellence through coaching and learning.  Our mission is to foster educational excellence and opportunity for all learners through collaboration, and leadership. We believe that obstacles to learning can be overcome, and, once that happens, learning is natural for everyone. 

We value: Quality and excellence, innovation, creativity and vision, inclusiveness, equity and diversity and collaboration with others. Creating a community of care is foundational to the work we do… together!

Social Justice and Equity work is central to our mission, especially in these times. We understand that all forms of oppression are damaging. We engage in this work pro-actively and purposefully, with the intent of positive outcomes, and because we need to.  In doing so, we are building capacity to support and assist schools, and districts responding to their educators' and students' needs with an increased and intentional focus on matters of bias, social justice, and equity.

We hope that you will join us in this work!

This is you:

• You are excited about supporting students who present with a variety of social, emotional, and learning challenges. 

• You understand how important it is to consistently follow established rules to create a safe space where students are able to comfortably learn, grow and succeed. 

• You enjoy creating systems, pride yourself on being well-organized and detail-oriented. 

• You understand that adolescents are not adults; that at times they may act out and that they need to have adults in their lives who accept them as individuals without judgment. 

• You have worked in settings that require confidentiality and know how to protect information and data.

• You enjoy working closely with others in actionable ways which promote productivity and learning.

• You love to learn! You strive to understand emerging trends and best practices which pertain to administrative work, especially those which support the creation of inclusive and equitable environments which respect and embrace diversity.

• You know how to cultivate a warm, supportive, and inclusive environment - you have been known as an approachable and supportive team player.

• You recognize that addressing societal oppression and inequities requires ongoing education and a commitment to allyship; you welcome an opportunity to partner with others as they do the same. 

What You Will Do:  

• Support student growth and achievement, each and every day, while working side by side with other HEC Academy and special education department staff.

• Build positive connections and help to create a learning environment where students experience a sense of belonging for the first time; this in turn, helps them, willingly and comfortably, engage in learning so that they may realize their potential for future success.

• Provide administrative support to staff, giving them more time to devote to students’ educational needs.

• Through your thoughtful and professional contributions, keep HEC Academy functioning efficiently as you continue providing the administrative support necessary to maintain a truly student-centered school. 

• Interact professionally with the school districts who rely on the fact that our school is an ideal place for students who may benefit from an alternative educational setting.